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If a ballot paper is spoilt or doubtful, the Returning Officer will consider it and decide if the vote is valid and should be counted, or should be rejected. Spoilt ballots are ballot papers that have been marked incorrectly, and do not indicate the voter’s intention.
Jul 3, 2024 · When all the ballots have been counted and any rejected votes have been added together and checked against the total number of ballot papers from the first stage of the count, the returning officer shares the provisional result with candidates and their agents.
Oct 2, 2024 · A ballot paper will not be counted if it: The Returning Officer (RO) must draw up a statement showing the number of ballot papers rejected for these reasons. The RO must mark the work “rejected” on any ballot paper that is rejected.
- Who’s Who
- Stage 1: Counting The Ballot Papers
- Stage 2: Counting The Votes
- Stage 3: The Result
Running the whole show in each seat and getting a moment’s media glory by announcing the constituency results is the Acting Returning Officer (ARO), who’s usually a local authority chief executive. They’re acting not because the proper returning officer forgot the date, but because in England and Wales (though not Scotland), the general overseeing ...
The count opens with the ceremonial unsealing of the ballot boxes, both those from the polling stations and those containing the postal ballots, which have already been opened and verified but the actual votes not yet counted. The ballot papers are emptied on to the counting tables, and, in the manner of a stage magician, the emptiness of the boxes...
First, ballot papers from different boxes are mixed, to preserve the secrecy of the vote. They are then allocated to count teams, who sort the papers by the candidate voted for – each voter in the UK’s plurality electoral system being allowed, of course, only one unambiguous X vote. If the voter’s X is not clearly in the box next to a candidate, it...
The ARO then shares the provisional result with the candidates and their agents, at which point either a candidate or agent may request a recount of the votes. There are no rules defining either how close a result needs to be to qualify for a recount or the number of recounts – seven being the current record, jointly held by Brighton Kemptown(1964)...
- Chris Game
Jul 1, 2024 · Spoilt or rejected ballots are not included. The UK and nations turnout figures are updated through the night, based on electorates divided by valid votes of all constituencies declared so...
Jul 1, 2024 · A ballot paper will not be counted if it: is unmarked; does not contain the official mark; contains votes for more than one candidate; contains any mark or writing that can identify the voter; does not indicate the voter’s intention with certainty
If it is not possible for the RO or count manager to work out the voter’s intention the ballot paper is rejected and marked with the reason for the rejection. These are called ‘rejected’...
